Corporate responsibility report 2018

A greener, more prosperous UK

We believe in a world that runs entirely on green energy. As the global leader in offshore wind, we are now also active in solar and onshore wind. In addition, we are developing recycling and bioenergy plants and operating battery storage units, as well as providing green energy services for businesses and industry.

The UK is pivotal to our vision. Our 11 wind farms already supply enough electricity for over 3.2 million homes – and this will increase to over 5.5 million homes in the next four years. Onshore, we are commissioning a recycling and bioenergy plant in Cheshire – the first of its kind in the world. We are pioneering commercial energy storage in Merseyside and helping businesses up and down the country to save energy, costs and carbon.

A global purpose with local impact

To date, we have invested £9.5 billion in UK offshore wind infrastructure, with a further £3.5 billion in the pipeline up to 2021. In this report, we show how our investments have supported the regeneration of the country’s industrial regions, with multiplying benefits across the UK.

With the opportunity to deliver a green energy future for the UK comes the responsibility to have a positive impact at all levels of our business. Whether through investing in our communities, championing diversity and inclusion or taking steps to ensure our own operations are greener, we take our responsibility seriously. And nowhere more so than in striving for the safety and wellbeing of our employees.

Behind our UK investment is a workforce of talented people who believe in our purpose. We seek to create fair, inclusive and rewarding jobs, in turn strengthening the communities where we’re based. We do this while continually deepening our understanding of our interaction with the natural environment.

The Ørsted vision is a world that runs entirely on green energy. Ørsted develops, constructs and operates offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms, energy storage facilities, and bioenergy plants, and provides energy products to its customers. Globally, Ørsted is the market leader in offshore wind and it is constructing the world’s biggest offshore wind farms off the East Coast of the UK. Its UK offshore wind farms generate enough clean electricity for over three million UK homes. Ørsted ranks #1 in Corporate Knights' 2020 index of the Global 100 most sustainable corporations in the world and is recognised on the CDP Climate Change A List as a global leader on climate action. Headquartered in Denmark, Ørsted employs 6,500 people, including over 1000 in the UK. Ørsted's shares are listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen (Orsted). In 2019, the group's revenue was DKK 67.8 billion (EUR 9.1 billion).